The Cavaliers lost to the Wizards 83-97, on a night where Cleveland turned the ball over 26 times and shot a miserable 35 percent from the field.
Learning Coach Scott’s new offense may have been a reason for some of the poor play.
Learning Coach Scott’s new offense may have been a reason for some of the poor play.
"We're still in the crawling stage," said Scott. "We knew this was going to take some time."
With the new system in place, JJ Hickson and “Boobie” Gibson looked comfortable. Scoring 16 and 10 respectfully, each played well. Hickson also ended up with 8 rebounds with Gibson looked very comfortable running the point.
The newest Cavaliers that came over from Minnesota also looked good. Ryan Hollins made several key blocks down low and grabbed a game high 14 rebounds. The teams only 7 footer, Hollins, has made it known that he can be the man in the middle, or at least play a big part for the Cavaliers this season.
As for Sessions, the point guard played well tonight. He had several moves that showed the somewhat filled arena why the Cavaliers went out and traded for him. He got the rack at will and pushed the tempo nicely. Ramon ended up with a double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds.
As for the Washington Wizards, things didn’t go much better, shooting 40 percent for the game with 12 turnovers.
Missing his first 9 shots, there wasn’t much time for the John Wall “Dance”. Wall didn't come out strong, and looked like a first-year rookie. Coming off his preseason debut in which he scored 21 points, Wall didn’t get his first basket until the 3:15 mark in the third quarter.
However, Wall seemed to settle down at the end of the game, scoring 12 points in the last duration of the game to go along with his 9 assists. "It's a learning experience," Wall said of his second game as a pro. "I told everybody it was going to be up and down. I had a good game the other day. This was an average game, like a C or a D."
For the Cavaliers, the biggest issue is their lack of depth in the frontline. Washington had their way tonight down low, and even though the Cavaliers out-rebounded them by 11, Washington picked apart the Cavs.
Yi ended the game with 16 points but it was an easy 16. Blatche also had some easy buckets and the Wizards got inside without a problem. The Cavaliers hopefully will address this issue sometime soon, knowing you can’t win often without a good post player in the NBA.
Starting point guard Mo Williams, who has a groin injury that occurred in the beginning of training camp, was out again.
Antawn Jamison also sat out tonight on a coaches decision to give him rest, and Andy Varejao was also out for personal issues.
Antawn Jamison also sat out tonight on a coaches decision to give him rest, and Andy Varejao was also out for personal issues.
The Cavaliers next preseason game will take place in Houston, where they face the Rockets this Sunday.
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